Rubbish is a global problem, and Australians produce more of it than most. Victoria’s dumps are overflowing, and our recycling system has been a debacle. The Victorian Government’s solution is called “Waste to Energy” (WtE), which conjures images of our excessive lifestyles being harnessed to produce power — but it’s greenwashing.
There are less than 4,000 registered JPs in Victoria compared to the 80,000 in Queensland and over 70,000 in NSW. According to the Royal Victorian Association of Honorary Justices (RVAHJ) fewer than 2000 Victorian JPs are actively performing witnessing and certification services. The shortfall has meant the JPs who volunteer their time and provide their services free of charge are overburdened and increasingly hard to access.
Legalise Cannabis MP Rachel Payne is imploring the Allan Government to reinstate a service supporting businesses in financial stress, given Victoria recorded the greatest increase in business insolvencies in Australia in late 2024.
Ms Payne said the specialist support program Partners in Wellbeing was not refunded in this year’s state budget. Despite supporting more than 5,000 business owners in the past five years, it shut up shop on June 30.
South-East MP Rachel Payne – who has been working for justice for survivors of child sexual abuse – has welcomed news that the law will be changed in Victoria, to make institutions accountable for past wrongdoings of clergy and volunteers.
Ms Payne of the Legalise Cannabis Party introduced her own bill to hold institutions, such as the Catholic Church and community sporting clubs, answerable for child sexual abuse perpetrated by clergy and volunteers.
South-eastern MP Rachel Payne has welcomed $80 million in the state budget to support victim-survivors of family violence, including specialised case management.
South-eastern MP Rachel Payne says she is hugely relieved that the state and federal governments have committed $12.6 million to improve safety at the dangerous Stud and Mcfees Roads intersection
“In all six people lost their lives on Stud Road in the last 10 years,” Ms Payne said.
Rachel Payne MP has vowed to keep pushing the government to make institutions accountable for the historic child sexual abuse, but she was unable to secure a law change this week.
On April 20, Victorian Legalise Cannabis MPs David Ettershank and Rachel Payne joined members of the cannabis community in Melbourne’s Flagstaff Gardens for a peaceful protest against the laws that waste the time and resources of police and magistrates.
Thursday the 10th of April 2025 South-eastern MP Rachel Payne has welcomed the Environmental Protection Authority’s decision to refuse the global waste giant, Veolia, a development licence for a waste transfer station (WTS) in the suburb of Hampton Park. Ms Payne, from Legalise Cannabis Victoria…
Victorian Member of Parliament Rachel Payne is calling on the Allan government to set-up a taskforce to tackle family violence in Melbourne’s South-East, given the area has the highest rates in the state.
